Compressive stress-mediated p38 activation required for ERα + phenotype in breast cancer.
Breast Neoplasms
/ genetics
Case-Control Studies
Cell Line, Tumor
Cinnamates
/ pharmacology
Collagen
/ chemistry
Drug Combinations
Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein
/ genetics
Estradiol
/ pharmacology
Estrogen Receptor alpha
/ genetics
Female
Fulvestrant
/ pharmacology
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Histones
/ genetics
Humans
Indazoles
/ pharmacology
Laminin
/ chemistry
Mammary Glands, Human
/ drug effects
Mechanotransduction, Cellular
/ genetics
Phenotype
Proteoglycans
/ chemistry
Tamoxifen
/ pharmacology
Tissue Culture Techniques
Transcriptome
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
/ genetics
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 11 2021
29 11 2021
Historique:
received:
25
08
2020
accepted:
04
11
2021
entrez:
30
11
2021
pubmed:
1
12
2021
medline:
6
1
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Breast cancer is now globally the most frequent cancer and leading cause of women's death. Two thirds of breast cancers express the luminal estrogen receptor-positive (ERα + ) phenotype that is initially responsive to antihormonal therapies, but drug resistance emerges. A major barrier to the understanding of the ERα-pathway biology and therapeutic discoveries is the restricted repertoire of luminal ERα + breast cancer models. The ERα + phenotype is not stable in cultured cells for reasons not fully understood. We examine 400 patient-derived breast epithelial and breast cancer explant cultures (PDECs) grown in various three-dimensional matrix scaffolds, finding that ERα is primarily regulated by the matrix stiffness. Matrix stiffness upregulates the ERα signaling via stress-mediated p38 activation and H3K27me3-mediated epigenetic regulation. The finding that the matrix stiffness is a central cue to the ERα phenotype reveals a mechanobiological component in breast tissue hormonal signaling and enables the development of novel therapeutic interventions. Subject terms: ER-positive (ER + ), breast cancer, ex vivo model, preclinical model, PDEC, stiffness, p38 SAPK.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34845227
doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27220-9
pii: 10.1038/s41467-021-27220-9
pmc: PMC8630031
doi:
Substances chimiques
3-(4-(2-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-1-(1H-indazol-5-yl)but-1-en-1-yl)phenyl)acrylic acid
0
Cinnamates
0
Drug Combinations
0
ESR1 protein, human
0
Estrogen Receptor alpha
0
Histones
0
Indazoles
0
Laminin
0
Proteoglycans
0
Tamoxifen
094ZI81Y45
matrigel
119978-18-6
Fulvestrant
22X328QOC4
Estradiol
4TI98Z838E
Collagen
9007-34-5
EZH2 protein, human
EC 2.1.1.43
Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 Protein
EC 2.1.1.43
p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
EC 2.7.11.24
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
6967Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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